GP Practice in Wales

General Practitioner - Morlais Medical Practice

The closing date is 12 January 2026

Job summary

Maternity Locum. 6 sessions require Tuesday and Friday cover. A little bit about us Morlais Health is a large training practice in Merthyr Tydfil led by a young, dynamic team of Partners. We have a supportive working environment with formal mentoring offered to our Salaried GPs. We regularly hold in-house CPD/Clinical Governance and Palliative Care meetings.

Main duties of the job

Our Services. We offer many enhanced services include minor operations, joint injections, coils and implants, shared care prescribing, DOAC initiation and monitoring, Warfarin initiation and monitoring, insulin/injectable initiation and monitoring, drug and alcohol misuse.

Sessions rate: £350 per session.

For further information or to arrange a visit, please email our Practice Manager Sarah.simpson3@wales.nhs.uk or our Senior Partner, Dr Melissa Kirkham, melissa.kirkham@wales.nhs.uk

About us

We are one of the largest GP practices in Wales serving over 25,500 patients across three sites. We have a great team of 7 partners, 10 salaried GPs, 6 nurses, 4 HCAs and a clinical pharmacist. We have first contact physio every day.

Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£350 a session

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

M0044-25-0311

Job locations

Morlais Medical Practice

Berry Square

Dowlais

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid Glamorgan

CF48 3AL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Come and join us! Maternity Locum. 6 sessions.

Morlais Health is a large training practice in Merthyr Tydfil led by a young, dynamic team of Partners. We have a supportive working environment with formal mentoring offered to our Salaried GPs. We regularly hold in-house CPD/Clinical Governance and Palliative Care meetings.

Our Team 7 GP Partners, 10 Salaried GPs and 1GP Retainer 4 Practice Nurses, including an independent prescriber Training doctors GPSTs, F2s Clinical Pharmacist independent prescriber HCA-led Chronic Disease Management Clinics Direct access physiotherapy every day Advanced workflow trained admin staff, no Docman for salaried GPs Dedicated Prescribing Team for patient prescription queries and repeat requests Named mentor for all Salaried GPs A GP Partner is also Chair of the LMC

Our Core Values. To treat others as we would expect to be treated ourselves. To listen to, care for and support one another. To help each patient, and those important to them, to be as well as they can be

Our Services. We offer many enhanced services include minor operations, joint injections, coils and implants, shared care prescribing, DOAC initiation and monitoring, Warfarin initiation and monitoring, insulin/injectable initiation and monitoring, drug and alcohol misuse.

Sessions rate: £350 per session

For further information or to arrange a visit, please email our practice Manager Sarah.simpson3@wales.nhs.uk or our Senior Partner, Dr Melissa Kirkham, melissa.kirkham@wales.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Come and join us! Maternity Locum. 6 sessions.

Morlais Health is a large training practice in Merthyr Tydfil led by a young, dynamic team of Partners. We have a supportive working environment with formal mentoring offered to our Salaried GPs. We regularly hold in-house CPD/Clinical Governance and Palliative Care meetings.

Our Team 7 GP Partners, 10 Salaried GPs and 1GP Retainer 4 Practice Nurses, including an independent prescriber Training doctors GPSTs, F2s Clinical Pharmacist independent prescriber HCA-led Chronic Disease Management Clinics Direct access physiotherapy every day Advanced workflow trained admin staff, no Docman for salaried GPs Dedicated Prescribing Team for patient prescription queries and repeat requests Named mentor for all Salaried GPs A GP Partner is also Chair of the LMC

Our Core Values. To treat others as we would expect to be treated ourselves. To listen to, care for and support one another. To help each patient, and those important to them, to be as well as they can be

Our Services. We offer many enhanced services include minor operations, joint injections, coils and implants, shared care prescribing, DOAC initiation and monitoring, Warfarin initiation and monitoring, insulin/injectable initiation and monitoring, drug and alcohol misuse.

Sessions rate: £350 per session

For further information or to arrange a visit, please email our practice Manager Sarah.simpson3@wales.nhs.uk or our Senior Partner, Dr Melissa Kirkham, melissa.kirkham@wales.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • qualified General Practitioner

Desirable

  • General Practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in general practice

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • qualified General Practitioner

Desirable

  • General Practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in general practice

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Morlais Medical Practice

Berry Square

Dowlais

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid Glamorgan

CF48 3AL


Employer's website

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Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Morlais Medical Practice

Berry Square

Dowlais

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid Glamorgan

CF48 3AL


Employer's website

https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£350 a session

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

M0044-25-0311

Job locations

Morlais Medical Practice

Berry Square

Dowlais

Merthyr Tydfil

Mid Glamorgan

CF48 3AL


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